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Damien Hirst at Lever House in NYC: So totally X-Files. Get Looking Around’s incisive take here. (Click on the image to see it large.) Photo by CM.

• Kick in the door, wavin’ the four-four: The Feds raid several California museums—including LACMA—as part of an investigation into looted antiquities from Asia. Let the games begin!! Today, on the line-up: NYT, LAT, OC Register, Tyler Green and Richard Lacayo.
• The Day in Ironic Juxtaposition: On Bloomberg.com, there was this story, about a study that documents the current lack of confidence in the contemporary art market, just a few headlines away from this one, about the L.A. Art Show overflowing with a record number of dealers.
• You too can do Wikipedia’s work for free. (Via AFC.)
• The Museum of Drunken Art.
• Venice Biennale ’09: Bruce Nauman to represent the U.S, Philadelphia Museum of Art to curate.
• Art Institute of Chicago gets video art pieces by Doug Aitken and Shirin Neshat, among others.
• Plastic bag mandalas.
• Street Art Dose: Goons in Chicago.
• The Guardian asks: Why do architect’s websites suck? Feel free to venture a guess.
• An iPod cozy.
• Photo of the Day: “Why call it tourist season if we can’t shoot them?”
• But will they keep the hagiographic Q&As? Interview’s Ingrid Sischy is replaced by a new editorial team.
• I can’t wait for the men’s underwear line: Richard Meier, fashion designer.
• Virgin unveils spaceship design. (Via ackackack.)
• Your moment of Johnny Cash, all Teutonic-like.